When I want to give up
Jesus…
When I’m bored you say,
“Follow me, and I’ll make you fishers of men.”
When I worry you say,
“Your heavenly Father knows what you need.”
When I have given up you say,
“Cast your nets on the other side.”
When I’m falling behind you say,
“The last shall be first.”
When I feel guilty and ashamed you say,
“Go in peace, your sins are forgiven.”
When I don’t know where to go you say,
“Abide in me.”
When I want to avoid growing up you say,
“Pick up your cross and follow me.”
When I’m deceitful you say,
“Hurry, I need to eat with you today,”
When rejection paralyses me you say,
“Shake the dust off your feet.”
When I feel intimidated you say,
“The least amongst you is the greatest.”
When I run from the responsibility you say,
“Give them something to eat yourself.”
When I rely on my strength you say,
“I’m sending you out like a lamb.”
When I’m confused about the future you say,
“Come and see.”
When I fall out with people you say,
“Love one another as I love you.”
When I feel unworthy you say,
“I call you friends.”
When I avoid the poor you say,
“You did it to me.”
When I can’t grasp it you say,
“Welcome the kingdom of God like a child.”
When I feel worthless you say,
“Every hair on your head has been counted.”
When my plans don’t work you say,
“Trust in God, trust in me.”
When my prayer seems useless you say,
“Seek and you will find.”
When I doubt you say,
“Here, put your finger in my side.”
When I deny I have met you, you say,
“Do you love me?”
When I abandon you for an easier life you say,
“Father, forgive them.”
When I don’t know what to do you say,
“I’ll send you my spirit.”
Lord, help me not to give up, the way you never give up on us…
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